Health Canada Study Finds No Impacts From Wind Turbine Noise

摘要

An epidemiological study of more than 1,200 people living near wind farms in Canada concluded there was no evidence of either self-reported or objectively measured negative impacts on health caused by noise from the turbines. However, the research found a positive association between higher noise levels and self-reported annoyance. Health Canada, in cooperation with Statistics Canada, surveyed residents in southwestern Ontario and on Prince Edward Island (PEI), collected physical evidence that assessed their sleep quality and stress levels, and gathered more than 4000 hours of wind turbine noise measurements to calculate noise levels at all homes in the study. It is the first study of wind turbine noise to use both self-reported and physically measured health endpoints.